Massachusetts Daily Collegian

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A free and responsible press serving the UMass community since 1890

Massachusetts Daily Collegian
A free and responsible press serving the UMass community since 1890

Massachusetts Daily Collegian
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Letter: Stand Up for UMass at Advocacy Day

Letter: Stand Up for UMass at Advocacy Day

By Zac Bears
February 16, 2017
Hannah Frilot, Dan Delucia and Zac Bears. (Courtesy of Zac Bears)

A product of circumstance

By Zac Bears
April 30, 2015
(Cade Belisle/Daily Collegian)

Editor’s note: A celebration of graduating seniors

By Zac Bears
April 28, 2015
Neil Degrasse Tyson, the renowned astrophysicist, will speak at the 2015 commencement.

Neil deGrasse Tyson to deliver keynote speech at 2015 UMass Commencement

By Zac Bears
April 1, 2015
(Daily Collegian Graphics)

Slow growth of UMass’ underrepresented populations bucks statewide trends

By Zac Bears
March 11, 2015
(Christina Yacono/Daily Collegian)

SGA members question senator’s criticism of senate leadership

By Zac Bears
March 11, 2015
(Alec Zabrecky/Daily Collegian)

Promising start to ‘Blarney’s’ end, but concerning precedents set

By Zac Bears
March 8, 2015
Candidates speak at last year's SGA president, vice president and University student trustee debate. (Cade Belisle/Daily Collegian)

Lack of transparency from Elections Commission endangers spring ballot

By Zac Bears
March 2, 2015
(Cade Belisle/Daily Collegian)

No guests, no ‘Blarney?’ Ban alone won’t bring uneventful ‘March 7’

By Zac Bears
February 19, 2015
Vice Chancellor Michael Malone (Collegian File Photo)

Law doesn’t force UMass to ban admission of Iranian nationals to energy-related programs

By Zac Bears
February 13, 2015
(Alec Zabrecky/Daily Collegian)

Students, police deserve sole credit for peaceful Super Bowl celebration

By Zac Bears
February 2, 2015
Students at the March 2014 Blarney Blowout protest march to Whitmore Administration Building. (Cade Belisle/Daily Collegian)

UMass plans to fail again with Super Bowl guest policy

By Zac Bears
January 24, 2015
(Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

A winning agenda for 2016 Democrats

By Zac Bears
January 20, 2015
People hold placards during a rally in support of Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015, after an attack at the headquarters of the satirical newspaper killed 12 people. (Julien Muguet/Maxppp/Zuma Press/TNS)

Laughing in the face of extremism

By Zac Bears
January 8, 2015
A law enforcement officer watches over Morehouse College students raising their fists in the air, joining others in a rally at the CNN Center after marching from King's Chapel on their Atlanta campus in the wake of the grand jury decision not to indict officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Ferguson, Mo., teen Michael Brown, on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, in Atlanta. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/MCT)

The ‘demon’ inside Darren Wilson

By Zac Bears
December 1, 2014
(Olivier Douliery/ABACAUSA.com/MCT))

Same game: Why Obama is ‘unfazed’

By Zac Bears
November 10, 2014
(Deval Patrick/Flickr)

Little change in Massachusetts, Democrats guaranteed 2016 win

By Zac Bears
November 5, 2014
(Cade Belisle/Daily Collegian)

How one Facebook post made me an SGA senator (and why we need to fix it)

By Zac Bears
September 22, 2014
(C.W. Griffin/Miami Herald/MCT)

American oligarchy: Inequality’s political consequence

By Zac Bears
September 8, 2014
(Photo Courtesy of Mark Sardella/Flickr)

Market Basket a case study in social responsibility

By Zac Bears
September 4, 2014
(James Desjardin/Daily Collegian)

Racism after dark: Violence in the ‘sundown town’ of Ferguson

By Zac Bears
September 2, 2014
Charles White of the NAACP speaks outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, June 25, 2013, in Washingto, DC, the day the court ruled on the Voting Rights Act striking down portions of the law. (Pete Marovich/MCT)

Congress must empower Voting Rights Act

By Zac Bears
March 31, 2014
Flickr/Hannah Nicklin

If you believe in equality, you’re a feminist (whether you like it or not)

By Zac Bears
March 6, 2014
MCT

Defense budget proposal prepares US for future challenges

By Zac Bears
February 26, 2014
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Apple-style capitalism not an economic panacea

By Zac Bears
February 10, 2014
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Markets ignore long-run strength of economy

By Zac Bears
January 27, 2014
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

McConnell misunderstands founders on filibuster

By Zac Bears
January 21, 2014
Rob Rudloff/Flickr

‘Blame Obama’ narrative is tiresome

By Zac Bears
December 4, 2013
Evan Sahagian/Daily Collegian

Activism, solidarity enhance student power

By Zac Bears
December 3, 2013
Justin Sloan/Flickr

States reject federalism in attempt to nullify ACA

By Zac Bears
November 20, 2013

Fixing a broken Congress takes three steps

By Zac Bears
November 6, 2013

GOP’s political sabotage of health reform continues

By Zac Bears
October 23, 2013

Game over for GOP

By Zac Bears
October 9, 2013
House Speaker-designate John Boehner (R-Ohio), center, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), left, speak to reporters after meeting with GOP Governors-elect at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, December 1, 2010. (Mary F. Calvert/MCT)

Here we are again

By Zac Bears
September 24, 2013

U.S. involvement in Syria is crucial

By Zac Bears
September 11, 2013

Liberals: Take the votes you can get

By Zac Bears
September 3, 2013
Flowers are left at a barricade at the intersection of Boylston Street and Arlington Street on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, in Boston, Massachusetts. The city is in mourning today for three killed and at least 144 wounded in a "cowardly" bombing at the Boston Marathon. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald/MCT)

Out of many, one

By Zac Bears
April 17, 2013

De-privatize public education

By Zac Bears
April 11, 2013

Ed Markey for US Senate

By Zac Bears
April 3, 2013

Health care vs. wealth care

By Zac Bears
March 13, 2013

Stop the sequester

By Zac Bears
February 27, 2013

Drones defeat America’s foreign enemies

By Zac Bears
February 15, 2013

What’s next for the Republican Party?

By Zac Bears
February 13, 2013

Bill O’Reilly, commentary and the nature of news

By Zac Bears
January 31, 2013

Ending the stopgap budget

By Zac Bears
January 25, 2013

Four more years

By Zac Bears
January 22, 2013

Education fairness for all Bay Staters

By Zac Bears
November 30, 2012

Bridging the fiscal cliff

By Zac Bears
November 28, 2012

Republicans must move towards moderation

By Zac Bears
November 14, 2012

Liberal Landslide

By Zac Bears
November 7, 2012

We must trust the next president

By Zac Bears
October 31, 2012

A vote for Question 3 is a vote for compassion

By Zac Bears
October 19, 2012

“The economy” is more than jobs and unemployment

By Zac Bears
October 17, 2012

The despicable state of the Warren-Brown race

By Zac Bears
October 3, 2012

21st Century University is worth temporary inconvenience

By Zac Bears
September 21, 2012

Not redistributing the wealth, redistributing the growth

By Zac Bears
September 19, 2012
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